RENE MEULENSTEEN believes Guus Hiddink is the right man to take over at Chelsea.

The ex-Manchester United first team coach, who worked under Sir Alex Ferguson for 11 years in two spells, has also managed Fulham in the Premier League.

And the 51-year-old believes his fellow Dutchman will be able to steady the ship at Stamford Bridge after the shock dismissal of Jose Mourinho.

"Guus has always been a modern-thinking coach but at the end of the day you still deal with humans and that is one of his biggest assets - he gets the noses of everyone in the room pointing in the same direction," Meulensteen told BBC Radio Five Live.

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